The Yellow-wood. One of the most graceful native flowering trees 
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Varnish Tree ( Koelreuteria) 
One of China’s interesting trees, and little planted in this 
country, although known in European gardens for nearly a 
century. It is a most satisfactory ornamental tree for lawn 
planting, and deserves more extensive use. Of medium size, 
the tree forms a broad head, and in the month of July, when 
few things are in bloom, it puts forth large masses of very 
showy, golden yellow blossoms. Interesting tropical foliage of 
delicate green in the spring, growing darker during the sum¬ 
mer, and coloring to rich crimson and yellow in the autumn. 
Yellow-Wood Virgilia lutea) 
Distinctly a tree for lawn planting, and one of our most grace¬ 
ful native flowering trees, rising with a short-branched trunk, 
with attractive blackish brown bark, it forms a broad, rounded 
and somewhat drooping top, with handsome light green foliage, 
changingto yellow in the autumn. In June carrying loose, droop¬ 
ing panicles of sweet-scented, white flowers. It prefers 
rich, moist soil, and will give excellent results in 
positions too wet for the average tree. 
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